Châtenois-les-Forges

Territoire de Belfort · CA Grand Belfort · INSEE 90022

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 45.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Châtenois-les-Forges (INSEE 90022) is in Territoire de Belfort (90), part of CA Grand Belfort. Population 2,608 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/90022-chatenois-les-forges

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)).

Better served than 49 % of the 7,975 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.54	10	5.36
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON MAITRE DEPUIS 1923 · BOULANGERIE CHATENAISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FAST SHOP). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA TOUR DE PIZZ · TDB · DELICE PIZZERIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE FRANCOISE DOLTO). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE COURTOT, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME NORMAND, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE FERCIOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE AUGUSTE VAUTHERIN). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF · LE FOYER). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (UN TEMPS POUR SOI - SALON DE COIFFURE · MG CREATION · COIFFURE COLLEON). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	MAISON MAITRE DEPUIS 1923 · BOULANGERIE CHATENAISE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	FAST SHOP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LA TOUR DE PIZZ · TDB · DELICE PIZZERIA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE FRANCOISE DOLTO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	PIERRE COURTOT, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME NORMAND, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE FERCIOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHÈQUE AUGUSTE VAUTHERIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF · LE FOYER	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	UN TEMPS POUR SOI - SALON DE COIFFURE · MG CREATION · COIFFURE COLLEON	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 2,468 peak 2007: 2,802 2023: 2,608 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,724 (2012) → 2,608 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,517 (1990) → 2,608 (2023): 3.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,473, of which 0.5 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.8 km NE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Châtenois-les-Forges): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Châtenois-les-Forges): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Châtenois-les-Forges): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Trévenans): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Châtenois-les-Forges): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 52.7

Muggy days a summer 1.7

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DORANS weather station, 3.9 km away at 401 m; the village itself is at 334 m. ^[10]

The village sits 67 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DORANS, 3.9 km away at 401 m, over 16 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 67 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 995 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DORANS, 3.9 km away at 401 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90022/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90022/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90022/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90022/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 90022
INSEE BPE 2025 — 90097
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Noyarey	38	274 km S	2,365	43.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Wahagnies	59	428 km NW	2,613	55.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Champforgeuil	71	173 km SW	2,637	52.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Barbazan-Debat	65	715 km SW	3,478	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Crissey	71	170 km SW	2,485	55.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Brié-et-Angonnes	38	284 km S	2,497	52.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 73 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crissey	71	170 km SW	2,485	55.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Champforgeuil	71	173 km SW	2,637	52.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Noyarey	38	274 km S	2,365	43.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Brié-et-Angonnes	38	284 km S	2,497	52.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 73 %
Wahagnies	59	428 km NW	2,613	55.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Barbazan-Debat	65	715 km SW	3,478	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Châtenois-les-Forges's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vert-le-Grand	91	352 km W	2,444	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Samois-sur-Seine	77	321 km W	2,126	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon	91	363 km W	3,882	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Gometz-le-Châtel	91	371 km W	2,630	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Fléville-devant-Nancy	54	128 km N	2,171	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Livry-sur-Seine	77	328 km W	2,226	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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